Most sellers assume the process is straightforward. It’s your property. Your sale. Your choice. But in Queensland, the legal and financial settings that determine how your sale unfolds are locked in long before a buyer signs anything, and often before the property even goes online. The biggest risks in a residential sale don’t appear in the contract. They appear before the campaign even starts. And that is exactly why the safest first step is not calling an agent - it’s speaking to your...

Does the form 2 disclosure really give you everything you need? Heck no!

In Queensland, residential property is commonly sold either by private treaty or by auction. Although the same standard form contract is often used, the legal consequences of each method are materially different – particularly in relation to cooling-off rights, disclosure, risk allocation and the point at which a buyer becomes irrevocably bound. These differences matter. Buyers can unknowingly waive statutory protections. Sellers can assume an auction provides certainty that does not always...